CVE-2010-3711: Input Validation
First published: Mon Oct 11 2010(Updated: )
libpurple in Pidgin before 2.7.4 does not properly validate the return value of the purple_base64_decode function, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted message, related to the plugins for MSN, MySpaceIM, XMPP, and Yahoo! and the NTLM authentication support.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.5.9 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.5.8 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | <=2.7.3 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.7.0 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.1.0 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.6.0 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.5.2 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.5.1 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.5.6 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.5.7 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.0.1 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.4.2 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.5.4 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.5.5 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.6.5 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.2.2 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.1.1 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.3.1 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.4.3 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.6.6 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.0.0 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.0.2 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.3.0 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.4.1 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.4.0 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.6.2 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.5.0 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.2.0 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.2.1 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.5.3 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.6.1 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.6.4 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.7.2 | |
| Pidgin Pidgin | =2.7.1 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:208
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41899
- http://www.osvdb.org/68773
- http://developer.pidgin.im/viewmtn/revision/info/b01c6a1f7fe4d86b83f5f10917b3cb713989cfcc
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2754
- http://pidgin.im/news/security/?id=48
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=641921
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2753
- http://secunia.com/advisories/41893
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0788.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2755
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1024623
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050227.html
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2870
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-October/050133.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42075
- http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2010&m=slackware-security.462352
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2847
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2851
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42294
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0890.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-November/050695.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1014-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/44283
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/62708
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18506
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-3711
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=645297
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0788.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0890.html
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